THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
"EMPRESS OF CONTRACT
ASIA”
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THURSDAY, June 7th
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By W. E. McKenney
SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1934.
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Authorised Capital Di
las and Folly Tald-Up
Reserve Funda:-
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Incorporated by Royal Courtes 1806. I balleve every bridge player! ought to attend a good footballs HEAD OFFICE-LONDON. game at some time or other and paid-up Capia! isten to the crowd yoll, "Yea, nere Pund
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team, hold that nel" The im Lebity of Proprietom.... $,000,000 pression that you should get, as a bridge player, from this yell 18 when you can do so, cash that trick and stop that gume. ***
ALON BTAN ILOILO AMTSAR
Here in a band in which it looks as though South cannot lose by re- CANTON fusing to cash his ace of diamonds, CAWNFORE
ICZBU but you can never tell what" will (COLOMBO huppen, and in this case L. II. SIM. DELI
HAIPHONG nions of Cleveland, the declarer, IsAMBURG able to employ a triple squeeze to JANKOW
BARBIN make his contract,
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HEAD-OFFICE(-HONGKONG BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
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9. 11. Dodwell, Kaz,
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If North passen, Enst will keep the bidding opon.
I suppose it is quite a temptn-
Forelan Exchange and General and, Bank- CANTON Vancouver tion for most of you to overcall ing bosides transacted.
CHEFOO Veforte with
West's holding. However, Deposit received for one year or shorter
Current Accounta opened
Find COLOMBO
DALEN hasn't South bid the suit that you periods at rates which will be quoted es
application.
FOOCHOW would like to bid?
W. H. E. THOMAB. HAIPHONG Hongkong. 20th Pubruary, 1084.
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Acting Manager..
If he holds two tricks, he will
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two tricks, he may bid a suit, and if he has neither a suit nor two tricks, you certainly do not want to be playing it at any contract.
The Play
INDIA LIMITED.
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After the spude bid, the opening lead by North was the five of Food and Rest
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the ace discarding another dia-Carnita spades, South played the eight mond from dummy. West laid Coston. Los Angeles
Changchun Cand West won with the ten, down the king and ten of hearta Dairan Dalny) Moji
and discarded the king of dia- Fessles Nagmaaki
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He now tried to establish the clubs by feading the klug, Southonds from dummy. winning with the ace and return-) Julying the jack of spades.
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Manager.
O. KIBINAKI,
Hongkong, th April, 1984,
South found himself squeezed on Harbin all three suits. On the first heart] Hongkong he could let go the three of spades, Deposita received for fixed periods at xazon. Simmons won with the queen, but on the second he was helpless. to be obtained on appliesitan discording a diamond from dummy, and then led the eight of clubs.) If he let go the king of spades. On this play, North discarded the declarer's seven was good. If the eight of hearts, which was asking nce of diamonds was discarded, de- his partner to lead a heart. So, clater's jack was good. If a club when South won the trick with the was released, all clubs in dummy Inine of clubs, instead of contina-were good.
ing the spades, which would havej lefeated the contract. He led the three of hearts.
Simmons went right up with thef nce and then made the nice play of the ning of hearts, trying to sneak through the jack. However, North went right up with the Piraeus,ueen and on this plug South: slin-
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carded the eight of diamonds. North led the ten of diamonds. which South won with the queen. If South had cashed his ace of diamola, the contract would have
But it looked asi been defeated.
the club suit) though he had stopped.
He also had the spade suit stopped, so he decided to try to defeat the contract two tricks. He led the nine of spades, which Sim- mans won in his own hand with
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Today's Contract Problem
North is playing the hand
at six hearta. East opens the queen of spades. How would
you proceed to make the coz. tract? I warn you to provide against bad distribution.
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Solution in next issue.
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